The Ontario Municipal Board hearing on the proposed 14-storey tower at 560 Rideau Street (at Cobourg) has concluded. Results won’t be available for several months but the Action Sandy Hill team is very encouraged. Thanks to the support of … Read More

June 28th’s meeting of the Town & Gown Committee was a boisterous affair as 60 or more Sandy Hill residents, and some from neighbouring communities, came out to hear Vice-President of Action Sandy Hill, Robert Forbes, make a presentation on … Read More

Chapel Street and Beausoleil (when the intersection was temporarily open) Update April 24th 2016 Plans for a new mixed-use development at the corner of Rideau and Chapel were announced by Trinity Group in July 2014. When the City failed to … Read More

Update Oct 1, 2015 The City’s Information Session on the revised Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan (CDP) and Secondary Plan was held on September 22nd. See the Ottawa Community News article “Revised Uptown Rideau CDP scrutinized by public“. The new … Read More

September Update For more than a year city planners, representatives from Lowertown and Sandy Hill and Rideau Street property owners have been meeting to update the Uptown Rideau Community Design Plan (CDP). However, Richcraft, the owner of the 560 Rideau … Read More

Richcraft Homes owns some now-vacant properties on Rideau Street East, a ‘traditional mainstreet’ whose future development is currently under review since the City of Ottawa decided to ‘update’ the 2005 Uptown Rideau Street Community Development Plan (CDP). In a scenario … Read More

A recent article in the Ottawa Citizen exposed the City’s new initiative to give developers their own ambassadors in the planning department. This speaks to the current attitude at City Hall – that they work for the developers. Meanwhile, community … Read More

On March 18, 2015, despite an statement made in December to the contrary, the University of Ottawa announced that it was converting the former Quality Inn at the corner of Rideau Street and King Edward Avenue into a new residence … Read More

Chad Rollins, President of Action Sandy Hill (ASH), made a presentation to the City’s Planning Committee on February 24th as part of the consultation on the 2015 Budget. Through this presentation ASH attempted to demonstrate to the City that investments … Read More